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' UNITED STATES' FATENT OFFICE.

JOHN V. LA GRANGE, OF CAIRO, ILLINOIS.

INKSTAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,402, dated. March11, 1902.

Application led .I une 26, 1901. Serial No. 66,150. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may con/cern:

Be itknown' thatI, J oniv V.I LAGRANGE, a citizenofthe UnitedStates,residing at Cairo, in the county of AlexandeiiandState ofIl1inois, have invented new and usefulImprovements in I nkstands, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relatestoinkstands; and its;-

object is to provide a slidingv lid or cover for.

an ink-well which isyadapted' to be movedbackward by a slight touch ofthe finger while: the pen is heldin writing position to uncover' theink-well. and automatically retracted to cover the Well when relieved ofpressure, thus preventing undue evaporation of the ink andi protectingit from dustandthe deteriorating.

action of the air.

The invention comprises a casing, a tilting l In the drawings, Figurelis a view in perf. specti-ve of the' preferred construction of theinkstand. Fig. Elisa-central vertical section of the same. Fig. 3is-ahorizontal section on the line no of Fig. 2,"showingthe under l Fig. 4is a detail perspective view' of the casing shown in Fig. 1'. Fig. v5is'a bottom plan view of the preferred form of top. Fig. 6 isaperspective view of the preferred form of tilting frame. Fig. 7 is aviewin perspective of the sliding cover. Fig. S is a similar view of theink-well. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of one of the pivot-screwsemployed, and Fig. 10 is a similar view of one of the springs forrctracting the cover. f

The support or casing comprises a base 1, which is recessed, as at 2, toadapt it to receive an ink-well 3, parallelsides 4, and a back 5. Withinthis supporting-casing is arranged a frame comprising a top 6, dependingparallel arms 7, and a cross-bar 8, the latter serving as the trip-barto receive the pressure of the finger, as will be further eX- plainedhereinafter. The toprof the tilting Vframe is formed'vvithv an opening19to permit access tothe ink-well arrangedlbelowit and f with'slots oropenings 10 and-11 for the purpose hereinafter set forth.; i

The tilting frame is pivotally secured between the sides ofthe casing byscrew-pivots 12,-whi'ch are preferably of the form shown in Fig. 9 andpass through openings 13 in the sidestand registering openings 14 in thelower ends of the arms 7 of the frame.

15 designates a flatt spring secured at its lowerend to the back 5 ofthe casing, centrally of the width of the latter, and having its.up.

frame after it is depressed.

16 'designates the top ofthe casing, formed with a circular opening 17,adapted to regis'- ter with the mouth of the ink-well, and with a recess18, withinwhich is supported a sliding cover 19. The sides of 4the top16are also recessed, xass hown f tt'20,;to, aglapt it to fit upon thevsides 4 ofthe casing,` to which it is removably secured bysuitablei'fastening de vices'.

f The-under surface of the top ,l is formed withftransverse recesses2,1, within each of which'l is pivotally securedalever 22 by means vTheinner endsof these levers of pivots 232 overlap and extend Within'ahorizontal slot 21 of the cover 19 and arelongitudinall'y slotted toengage apin 25,extending through the cover 19. From the undersideof'each of the levers 22, at theouter lends thereof, depends a pin26, said pins projecting into the slots 10 `of the tilting frame, andeach of said levers 22 is provided with a retracting-spring27, saidsprings being secured at their forward ends in' slits 28, formed on theunder side of the.

top 16, while their rear ends bear against the outer ends of thelevers,as bestshown in Fig.5.

The operation of the mechanism is as follows: Normally the sliding cover19 is held in its forward position below the opening 17 of the top 'bythe tension of themsprings 27 upon the outer ends of the levers 22. Whenthe pivoted frame is tilted forward by a slight pressure uponthetrip-bar ,8,1 the inner ends of the levers 22 are thrown rearwardthrough the medium of the pins 26, which project into the slots 10 ofthe frame, and such rearward moveper free end projectedthroughthe slot11 in the top of the tiltingfrarne to retract said` IOO ment oi theslotted ends of said levers moves the cover 19 backward, thus uncoveringthe mouth of the ink-well. As soon as the tripbar S -is released thesprings 27, which are compressed by the movement of the levers, returnthe levers and cover to their normal position, as will be apparent.

To hold the cover 19 in its rear position, I may employ a catch devicecomprising an angie-lever 29, fulcrumed on the under side of the-top andhaving at one end a depending pin 30 and at its opposite end a hook 3l.A spring 2', secured to the back 5 of the casing, bears against the pin30, causing the hook 3l to engage the front edge of the cover when thelatter is forced back. ,The catch-lever is operated to release the coverby the contact ofthe point 33 of the frame with the pin 30. This catchdevice avoids the tendency of the cover to move forward. with everyvariation of pressure on the trip-bar.

Various changes in the details ot the device may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the invention, and I would therefore have it understoodthat I reserve the right to make all such modifications and variationsasmay fall within the scope of the following claims.

I claiml. An inkstan'l comprising a casing adapted to support anink-well, a tilting frame piv otally secured within said casing providedwith a trip-bar, and formed with a central slot and side slots, a toprecessed on its under side, a sliding` cover below the top, a pair ofhorizontally-disposed levers fnlcrumed on the underside of the tophaving pins on their outer ends entering the side slots ofthe frame andconnected at their inner ends with the cover, retracting-springs forsaid levers, and a retracting-spring for the frame extending into thecentral slot of said frame.

2. An iukstand comprising a casing adapted to support an ink-well, atilting frame pivotally secured within said casing and formed with sideslots, a trip-har on said frame, a top recessed on its under side, asliding cover guided below the top and having a horizontal slot and apin, and a pair of horizontallydisposed levers fulerumed on the underside of the top, slotted at their inner ends to engage the pin on thecover, pins depending from the outer ends of the levers and pro-vjecting into the side slots of the frame, and retracting-springs forsaid frame and levers.

3. The combination with a casing; of atilting frame pivotally securedthereto and formed with slots; a trip-bar secured to said framera topfitting said casing; levers fulcrumed upon the under side of said topand provided with pins projecting into the slots of the frame; aretracting-spring for said frame; acover supported below said top andformed with a horizontal slot to receive the inner ends of the levers, apin carried by tho cover engaging the levers; and a catch device forsaid cover.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN V. LA GRANGE.

iVtnesses: e

C. G. Mnisnnnninnn, R. E. POWERS.

